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Nope! This just means that this lesson is challenging your habitual movement patterns and that is a GOOD thing. The more frustrated we get at these lessons, the greater potential there is that we really need to do them, and that there is a lot of potential energy there. I’d say do it again for [...]
This depends on each person. When one is living with freeze and/or shutdown (with the E-brake on) that automatically means there is also big sympathetic activation in the system (the gas), because remember -- in a real-time survival response, freeze only comes on after fight/flight has been unsuccessful, so if freeze has become stuck in [...]
A sigh can signal relief, for sure, but actually when we have a lot of deep sighs while engaging with our survival physiology, that is more generally a sign that we are stirring up more than our system can deal with, and we are actually suppressing and managing that energy with the breath. This also [...]
Between 1993 and 1999, I completed my Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Health Science from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. In 2000, I also obtained certificates in fitness and nutrition from Simon Fraser University. Between 2000-2002, I did a small stint in academia at the University of Wollongong (New South Wales, Australia) [...]
Yes, it sounds like your legs are holding some sympathetic energy for sure, and that this has been contained by some freeze. It may be useful to try sitting in a chair and letting your legs ‘run’ a bit while sitting. You can do this just by lifting the heels up and down and imagine [...]
It all depends on a person’s history. If someone had trauma that involved being strapped down, or confined in some way, or if one wasn’t allowed to love, care for, or honor themselves, or never got that at all from others, this could be activating for sure.
It depends on why one is yawning. If we are sleepy and ready for bed, that’s fine. If we weren’t sleepy at all and then, after starting one of these exercises, we start yawning like crazy, and/or feel like we are about to pass out, that is an indication that our system is highly activated [...]
It’s possible, but unfortunately it is much harder, or it may take longer. This is because the foundation of nervous system healing is safety. Our home needs to be a safe haven where our nervous system can settle. This doesn’t mean there can’t be any stress, but if the environment is one of constant stress, [...]
This is another tricky question to answer! It’s important to begin with a mutual definition of “overwhelmed.” And to consider “past” and “present” time. Basically, overwhelmed means “too much.” It’s the most basic description of trauma: Something that was, or is, “too much” for our nervous system to process. Historically, this is the case with [...]